Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-05-09

A special despatch from Washineto
says: General Sheridan Was muc
! amused upon rea1ing the letter Of C 81
|. Thomas l.. Rosser, in which the latte
speaks OF proposed trip to the Shsr
I andoeh Valley by General Sheridan
! and denouDces him for "the Wild, wer
I ton waste and desolation which his bsI
barous torch spread thr ough he Valley
during the war. After reading. G. n
\ Rosser's philippe Gen. Sheridan sai;
TO Tribune correspondent:
"Kosser has not forgotten che whal
ing l gave him In the Valley, and Il an
not surprised that he loses hie tempel
when he recalls IL. You see vhsnl
was moving down the Valley had az
Important object In view, and did no,
care to be annoyed. Rotter was ssui
after with . brigade, but did not COZ
slider It worth while to give II mEoh at
tention. General Tor bert's divisiO, of
cavalry formed the rear O. my co,nmn.
and WAS confident he could take care
OF Hosser. Coca sionally Rnsser would
come across small detachments OF our
troops and would swoop down upon
them. Finally It was reported to sne
tnat Rosstr had captured my pack
train, and this made mo mad,
Mating the entire army right on tn I,
road, l Ralioped to the rear TO hnd Tor
bert determined to settle Rosser. 1
found that the train had not been cap.
tured. although 1t encountered Ros ser
and was coming in considerably scat
tered and broken up. could not d6d
Tsrbert, aud this added to my rage.
When found him he WAS quietly en-
JOY ing himself in . farm house. called
him out and informed him that /
wanted Rosser cleaned out, and that Il
be could not do this l would take his
division and do 1t myself. l concluded
l would remain and see tho work per
formed, ard 80 informed Torbert. The
following morning early Torbert went
after hosser. whose brigade " az struck
with an impstuosity that caused 1. to
scatter. We stripped the enemy OF
everything IL had captured; all its guns
except one, which subsequently fell
Into our hands, and all its bag gage, In
ending the personal effects OF X ,sse!
u was q regular frolic for our boys.
Custer got Rosser's uniform and occa |
sfonally wore 1t for the am usemeut of |
sss command. Torbers pursued Rosser
% Newmarket. o distance OF about |
twenty-five miles. He did not trouble
uo liner. |
This incident was doubly hnmiliat
ng TO Eosser, because he was hailed az
he Saviour OF the Valley his men
VI airing rmsll laurel twigs IN their hats
"a an indication OF their purpose to
lean us out. Some time after this.
vhen Rosser again appeared in that
'ictnity, 1 understand the people sd.
'ised him to substitute pumpkin vines
or laurel, tina. plant being we'll knowpI
Or running qualities. For theee rea
ons, suppose, General Rosser con
lnues ID feel rnkirdly toward me. He
Ays that have not atoned for my acts
urinR the war. That Ia true 1t never =
ccurred to nae thatI was called upoa
DO 30. want to add that do nott
ropos- to make trip to the Sheuan
oah Valley the coming summer and {
ad not thought Of doing 90. l visited
40 valley last summer In company d
nth Senator Cameron OF Pennsylvapia.
nd was Hospitality received by the
eoplc. none OF whom exhibited any Of!
no bitterness Of feeling that lie express.
! In Ganeral Rosser's letter. l under 8
and Rosser is now living In the val
", aud as be intends to become a can.
idate for Congress his letter was doubt.
ss written for effect upon his cominei
oli.ical campaign"